Weather indicator



Och-17, 1950 s. E. BLEWETT WEATHER INDICATOR 'Filed Aug. 4, 194'! TE M PERATURE com-2 LETTER WEATHER cone NUMBER INVENTOR .S'Zepb en E Bleweil BY M ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 17, 1950 Stephen E. mews, Altaone-half to Stephen I Calif.

Application August 4 dena, Calif., assignor of N. Blewett, Stockton,

, 1947, Serial No. 766,062.

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I This invention is directed to, and it is an object to provide, a .novel portable or .pocket'device row of weather indicia conce ntricto the pivot 5i such row being indicated generally at I.

whereby a weather forecast, for several days,

may be visually reflected for ease of reference.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device, as above, which also includes novel adjustable means toevidence a forecast oftempera- .rThe row 'I of weather indicia .is divided into a multiplicity of equalsegments 8, and each segment 8 has imprinted therein an indicia 9 representing a weather condition, such as sunny, cloudy, or rainyjas illustrated.

turei existing weather elements, such as snowdepth for winter sports; rain gauge readings; .or thelike.v

A further object of the invention is to provide a weather indicator which is arranged so that the weather forecasts etc. can be given in code numbers or letters; a. setting of the device to a corresponding number or letter then causing the device to automatically reflect, visually, the forecast weather. a

An additional object of the invention is to provide a' weather indicator, for the purpose de scribed, which comprises front and rear discs with a novel dial. assembly therebetween; .the front disc being ported or windowed in a manner to register with predetermined parts of the dials upon which the necessary indicia appears.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive weather indicator, and yet one which will be exceedingly effectivefor the purpose for which it is designed. 1 I

These objects are ,accomplishedby means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followin specification and claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevationof the device.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2+2 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the smaller dial, detached, but showing in dotted lines the relative positions of the cooperating window and slot in the front disc of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the device is circular and relatively thin, comprising a front with the large dial 4 to rotate the same.

On its face, and adjacent but short of its periphery, the large dial 4 is formed with an annular its face, with the names of three disc I and a rear disc 2 secured together, at the Adjacent the top of the device the front disc I is formed with an arcuate window II), which overlies the annular row I of weather indicia; such window being or alength to register with a plurality of the segments 8, herethree in number. Such segments 8 each represent'a day, and thus the representation of three days may register with the arcuate window at the same time. Adjacent the window It the disc I is imprinted, on

days, here Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the spacing of the names being such that they aline with the three segments 8 exposed'through said window.

Adjacent the cut-away part 6 of the front disc I, the latter is formed with a relatively small viewing 'portI I disposed to registenone ata time, with a-row I2 of numbers on the face of the large dial 4 inwardly of the annular row I of weather indicia; the numbers bearing predetermined relationto the segments 8. Theseare the code numbers. fora three-day weather forecast, and the indicia 9 are disposed in the row i in predetermined groups of three corresponding to certain numbers. For example, the number 3 represents threedays, wherein the first and last days are sunny, ,but the intermediate day is cloudyl The relation of the numbers in the row I2't0 the indicia 9 in the row I is such that when thenumber 3 is brought into register with the viewing pQrt II, the indicia 9 corresponding to the three-day weather forecastappears in the arcuate window I0.

It is proposed that the weather forecasts for three-day periods be broadcast 'or published in code numbers corresponding to the numbers of the row I2. Thus, a user of the device merely rotates the large dial 4 until the forecast code number appears in the viewing port I I, and this automatically brings into register a visual representation of the forecast in the arcuate window II. This notonly provides a forecast in a novel and convenient manner, but so that it may be readily understood by the layman.

If it is desired, another window I3 may be formed in the front disc I beyond one end of the window ID to likewise register with the annular row l of weather indicia; this extra window I3 being only the length of one segment 8, and thus registering with a single Weather forecast indicia 9. This single window it is of course usable for one-day forecasts, and a corresponding code number of the row 12 would be broadcast, or published.

Also mounted between the front disc I and rear disc 2 is a smaller dial [4 disposed in front of the larger dial 4, and in position so that it does not obstruct either of the windows it or 13, or the viewing port I i. This is accomplished by pivoting the small dial M at an oifset point, as at I5; the small dial being pivoted to the front disc I, whereas the large dial t is pivoted to the back disc 2, as previously described.

On the side of the device opposite the cut-a way 6, there is another cut-a-way [6, through which a peripheral portion of the small dial I l is H accessible for finger engagement to turn said dial. 7

Generally centrally thereof, and extending in a radial direction, the front disc l is formed with a slot l1 shaped to represent, for example, a thermometer; there being temperature readings on the face of the front disc l along said slot. On its face the small dial M is provided with a colored area 58, preferably red; the effective edge H! of the area l8 extending transversely of the direction of rotation so that upon rotation of the small dial M, the effective edge I 9 rides up or down relative to the slot, H, with a portion of said area l8 exposed through the slot below such edge, This provides the visual effect of a thermometer, and by setting thesmall dial M in a given position, a corresponding temperature reading is had along the slot l1.

On the side opposite the colored area It, the face of the small dial l4. includes an arcuate row 26 of letters concentric to the pivot E5; the front disc I having a viewing port 2! through which the letters of row 26 are adapted to register, one at a time.

The letters of the row 28 are so disposed that each thereof corresponds to a predetermined temperature setting of the small dial it; i. e. a predetermined temperature reading of the effective edge iii in the slot l1.

It is proposed that in Weather forecasts, as broadcast or published, that the forecast temperature be given in one of the code letters, as in the row 25. Thus, the user need only set the small dial [4, with the forecast code letter reading in I the viewing port 2!. With such setting, the effective edge if: automatically provides the forecast temperature reading through the slot I1.

Instead of reading in terms of forecast temperature, the slot and dial arrangement just described can be made to read in terms of snow depth for winter sports, or in rain gauge readings or the like for general weather information.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there has been produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device,

still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention the following is claimed as new and useful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

A device for displaying weather conditions predicted for one or more consecutive days, such device comprising a card constituting the face of the device, an arcuate window formed in the card, a viewing port formed in the card separate from the window, names of a predetermined group of days of the week imprinted on the face of the card and circumferentially spaced about the arcuate Window, a disc pivoted to the card and lying underneath the same, the disc being provided with a plurality of segmental divisions depicted on its face and disposed circumferentially adjacent its perimeter, said divisions being arranged in groups each group including a number of divisionscorresponding to the number of days depicted on the card, variant weather conditions being indicated on each such group of divisions, a plurality of numeralsimprinted on the face of the disc concentric with the axis thereof and arranged to be successively brought into register with the viewing port, each of such members being a code number for one group of the segmental divisions, the relative position of the divisions and numerals on the disc being such that when a given numeral is visible through the viewing port a corresponding group of divisions will be visible through the slot adjacent the designation of the group of days with each division of the group being in register with one of the day designations.

. STEPHEN E. BLEWETT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 509,891 Gore Dec. 5, 1893 1,728,584 Wright Sept. 17, 1929 2,210,315 Verry Aug. 6, 1940 2,394,287 Bludworth Feb. 5, 1946 2,455,209 Anderson Nov. 30, 1948 

